Implement for applying coatings



Jam 3, 1950 R. s. ElsNER IMPLEMENT FOR APPLYING COATINGS 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Nov. .18, 1948 lNVENTOR /gw M ATTORNEYS Jan. 3, 1950 R. S. EISNER IMPLEMENT FOR-APPLYING COATINGS 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 18, 1948 NVENTOR l Ni IMPL

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a i 7 i; |||||||||||mn| n lll ff Il l Patented Jan. 3, 195i? IMPLEMENT FOR APPLYING COATIN GS Robert S. Eisner, Red Bank, N. J., assigner to Hanlon & Goodman Co., Belleville, N. J., a corporation of New York v Application November 1s, 194s, serial No. 60,670'

6 Claims.

This invention relates to an implement for applying liquid coating'materials, such as paint, lacquers, etc., supplied thereto under pressure, to walls, ceilings, and other surfaces. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a. novel implement, by means of which liquid coatings may be'readily applied to surfaces at heights such that they can be reached by anv operator wielding an ordinary hand brush, only when he stands on a ladder, scaffold, or other elevated support. The new implement can, accordingly, be used to advantage in painting high Walls and ceilings, the outer surfaces of ships hulls, poles, towers, and like objects.

' 'The' new implement'includ'es an elongated stem, which is of light rigid material, such as wood or light metal tubing, and has a passage extending lengthwise through it. The stem is preferably made in sections, more or less of which may be used to vary the' length of the. stem, and it is provided nearone end` with a valve for controlling flow through the passage. At the other end, the stem has an outlet from the passage, and means for securing a brush. thereto. The brush includes a handle with a" passage therethrough, a body ofv bristles mountedv at one end of the handle, and hollow distributing' means attached to the end of the handle within the body of bristles with its interior in communication with the passage through the handle. The passage in the handleis connected to outlet of the stempassage by a flexible connection and the means for securing the brush to the stem. may be adjusted,'so that the brush may be held at different angles to the stem for most. convenient use.-

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of one form of the new implement;

' Fig. 2 is a plan View of the implement of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on van enlarged scale of a part of the implement of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view'on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale through the brush, forming part of the imple-v ment of Fig. 1;

Fig. '7 is a sectional view on the line 1--1 of Fig. 6:

Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing part of the brush holding means employed in the implement of Fig. 1S

Fig. 9 is a view in side elevation of another part of the holding means;

Fig. 10 is a View in elevation of a modied form of the implement;

Fig. 1l is av sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line Il-l'l of Fig. 10; and

Fig. 12 is a sectional View on a reduced scale on the line |,2-l2 of Fig. 11.

The implement in the' form shown in Fig. 1 comprises a stem generally designated 2B and made of a suitable light stili material, such as Wood or light metal tubing. The stem is of a size such that it can be readily held in the hands and it is preferably made up of a number of sections 2l threaded at their ends and with adjacent sections connected together'by an internally threaded sleeve 22 screwed on the ends of the sections. By using more or less sections, the stein may be given any desired length depending on the height of the surface on which the coating is to beapplied. The stem has a. passage for iluid 23 extending through it lengthwise and a gasket 250i suitable compressible material is interposed between the ends of adjacent sections within sleeves 22 to make fluid-tight joints. When the stem is madeoi wood, the' passage may be formed by a bore extending lengthwise thereof.

One'of the stem sections 25 near one end of the'stem is provided with an inlet passage 26 extending through the Wall of'the'section into passage Z3 and,preferably, a coupling member 21 is mounted permanently in the inlet passage, so that the inlet may be connected by a coupling 28 to a hose 29 leading to a source of the coating material maintained under pressure. A valve is mounted in section of the stem just beyond the inlet 26 toV control the flow through passage 23 and the valve includes a rotatable plug 30 seated in a socket in the wall of section 25 and held in place by an annular nut 3i threaded into the socket outside the plug. A gasket 32 is seated between the plug' and the inner end of the nut and the plug is provided with a stem 33 which projects outwardly through the nut and carries a handle 34. The plug is formed with a diametrical passage a, 'which can be placed, upon rotation of the plug, in alignment with passage 23 to permit flow, or at an angle to the passage to control or shut oil now.

The stem preferably includes a solid section 35 secured to the valve section 25 and forming an end of the stem, upon which the implement may rest on the ground.` At its other end, the

Y stem is provided with a section 36 formed with an outlet passage'leading through the wall of the section and through the sleeve 22a, by which the outlet section 36 is secured to the next adjacent section 2l'. A hollow coupling member 38 is threaded through sleeve 22a and into the outlet. Beyond sleeve 22a, a clamp 39 of loop form is mounted on section 36, the ends 39a of the clamp embracing the section at opposite sides and being held in place thereon by a bolt 46 passing through the ends of the clamp and section 36.

The implement shown in Fig. 1 includes a brush y generally designated 4|, which is held by clamp Y 39 and comprises a handle 42, a body of bristles 43 attached to one end of the handle and a hollow distributing member 44 attached to the handle and lying within the body of bristles. The brush may be of a type, such that it can be employed for coating purposes apart from the implement, and I prefer to use the brush disclosed in the copending application of Eisner and Schoenholz Serial No. 751,538, led May 13, 1947, upon which Patent 2,454,553, issued on Nov. 23, 1948, of which I am one of the patentees.

The brush illustrated is of the construction disclosed in the copending application and it includes a base 45 having a transverse chamber 46 therein and passages 41 leading from the endsrof the chamber to the outer face of the base. Short lengths 48 of rigid tubing are mounted in passages 41 and extend beyond the outer face of the base, the tubes 48 being held in place by set screws 49. The inner ends of bristles 43 are embedded in a body D of rubber or like material, which is affixed to the outer face of base 45, and within the group of bristles is a hollow distributing member 44.V The member has inlet openings in which are mounted short rigid tubes 44a connected to the tubes 48 by flexible tubes 5 I. The distributing member is formed with a plurality of outlet passages 52 in its outer face and an inner brush, comprising a group of bristles 53 having their inner ends embedded in a body 54 of rubber or likev material, is attached to the outer face of the member 44. The body of rubber has openings through it in alignment with passages 52.

The base of the brush is formed with an inlet passage 55, which opens into a recess receiving Ythe end of a coupling member 56 threaded into the end of handle 42. The base is formed with an outwardly projecting flange 51 encircling the mouth of the recess, the flange being externa1' ly threaded. The handle 42 of the brush has a bifurcated end, each leg 58 of which carries a' pin Y58a receivable in an opening in the base 45. When'the handle is to be attached to the base of the brush, the Vcoupling member 56 is passed through flange 51 into the socket in the base and the pins 58a enter their recesses in the base. An annular nut 59 mounted on the coupling member behind a shoulder thereon is then threaded on flange 51 to hold the coupling member in the socket. A gasket 68 is interposed between the nut and the end of the flange and the shoulder on the coupling member.

'Ihe coupling member 56 has a passage therethrough in communication with a passage 6I vextending through the handle from end to end. Flow through passage 6| is controlled by a valve,A which comprises a plug 62 seated in a socket in the handle and having a diametrical passage 62a, which, upon rotation of the plug, may be aligned with passage 6I or .placed at an angle. thereto. The plug 62 is held in place by an annular nut 63 threaded into the socket in the handle and'has a stem 64 extending through the nutT and carrying a handle 65, by which the Aplug can be rotated. At the free end oi handle 42, a coupling member 66 is threaded in place in alignment v with passage 6l and the'coupling members 66 on the handle and 38 on section 36 of the stem are connected by suitable coupling means to a flexible hose 61. The valve on the handle of the brush is employed only when the brush is used apart from the stem and when the brush is mounted on the stem, the valve on the brush handle is left open at all times and flow through the brush is controlled by the valve on the stem. Y

The means for securing the brush to the end of the stern in clamp 39 comprises a plate 68, which is mounted between the sides of clamp 39 and held in place by a bolt 69 passing through the plate and clamp. A pair of bars 10 rest on top of the handle and are connected to the plate 6B by bolts 1 I, which can be tightened to clamp the handle on the plate. The inner face of one of the sides of clamp 39 is provided with a plurality of grooves 12 extending radially from the opening, through which bolt 69 passes, and plate 68 is formed with a pair of ribs 13 on opposite sides of the opening through the plate for the bolt. When the nut on the bolt 69is backed off, the plate 68 with the brush rigidly attached thereto may be swung to place its ribs in selected notches 12, so that the brush lies at the desired angle to the stem. When the nut on bolt 69 is tightened, the plate and brush are then firmly held in the desired relation to the stem.

In the use of ther implement so far described, the tube 29 is connected to a tank containing a source of coating under pressure, the valve in theY stem being initially closed and the valve in the. brush handle being open. When the operator opens the stem valve, the coating material flows from the tank through the passage 23 in the stem to thezoutlet and thence through the flexible hose connection 61 to the passage 6| through the brush handle. The fluid then flows through passage 6l into chamber 46 and thence into the interiorV of the distributing vmember 44. The' fluid issues from the distributing member through passages 52, which lie between the bristles of the inner brush. The length of the flexible tubing 5l is such that the distributing member lies well out toward the free ends of the body of bristles 43 and,a'sY the bristles are flexed, as the brush is moved over* the surface to be coated, the uid discharged brush at a relatively short distance from the free be readily manipulated by the operator.

means of the stem valve, he can :control the rateof ow, so that the coating material is ,supplied` among the bristles 53 of the inner brush escapes therefrom and into the bristles 43 near the ends thereof. Because 'of the discharge of the coating material among the bristles of the inner ends of the bristles 43, the coating material can be The implement may be employed to coat sur-A faces at a height above the operator, which depends on the length of the stem, and, since thestem is of relatively light material, an implement with a stem as long as fifteen feet or more may By to the brush at aboutthe same rate that it is applied to the surface and, since the iluid is con;`

tinuously supplied to the brush under pressure,

containing the coating material.

The imp1ement shown in Figs. 1o to 1a, inclu-,f

amuse sive. is :to that above described, ,except that :the :brush generally vdesignated 14 yis .not intended for use `apart :bhe-implement and may thus be of simplfi-ed construction. The secend form Y.of V.the implement lincludes fa .stem-15 of sectional nonstnimtion hailing .a Jengthwise Passage through it :andan inlet ,section 1:6. Sec tion 1B provided with .a valve .operable iby a handle 11 and the inlet `,is a member 1:8, which .can :be coupled to ga hose .19 leading to a :source of l.coating material pressure. :Stem 115 has a section .8.0 'provided with an outlet wltha coupling member :8 I, which can be coupled to fa .llexible connection $2.

The ibrsush Ihas a handle 283. formed with a 1pas` sage i84xextending `lengthwise through :it 'anda coupling member 285 is Imounted in an inlet .to passage 8l :and is coupled .to connection. 82. The brush handle has ansenlarged end containing a transversevchamberSf, to which passage 84 Sleads, and the .chamber has outlet passages `8.1 at its ends leading through Aa central extension 88 VVfrom the face of the enlarged end of -the handle. A body 4of 'bristles 88 have their inner ends embedded in a block A90 of .rubber or like material and the block is secured to the face 'of the handle around thecentralextension .8,8 therefrom. The passages 81 lead through the extension v88 and short rigid tubes 9| are mounted in the passages. A distributing member 92 is mounted within the group of. bristles 89 at a distance from the yend oT .extension 88 andthe. distributing member has a Icentral chamber 93 with inlet .openings in which short rigid tubes 94 are inserted. Aligned tubes 9| and 94 are connected by ilexible tubes 95. An inner brush comprising bristles 96 having their inner ends embedded in a body 91 of rubber or like material is aflixed to the outer face of the distributing member 92 and the outer wall of the member is formed with a plurality of outlet passages 90, which are aligned with similar passages through the block 91. Fluid supplied to passage 84 in the handle 83 flows into chamber 86 and thence through iiexible tubes 95 into chamber 93 in the distributing member. The uid then escapes through passages 98 and is discharged among the bristles 96 of the inner brush.

The stem 15 is provided at the end of the outlet section 80 with a clamp 99, between the legs of which the stem 83 `of the brush handle may be inserted to be held in place by a bolt passing through aligned openings in the sides of the clamp and the handle. The inner face of one or both sides of the clamp may be provided with radial channels similar to channels 12 (Fig. 8) and the side of the brush handle may be provided With ns similar to fins 13 for reception in the channels. With this arrangement, the brush 14 may be placed at any desired angle with relation to the stem and then held rigidly in position when the nut on bolt |00 is tightened.

The operation of the implement in Figs. to 12 is similar to that previously described. Control of ilow through the stem to the brush is effected by means of the stem valve operated by handle 11 and the fluid flows through the passage and chamber in the handle and through ilexible tubes 95 into the interior of the distributing member 92. The iluid is discharged among the bristles 96 of the inner brush and when the bristles 89 of the brush are flexed as they are moved over the surface to be coated, the flexible tubes 95 also bend, so that the bristles 96 of the inner brush take the same curve as 6 bristles 8.9. Fluid .supplied to the escapes 'therefrom and entersmnong the 89 near the youter .ends thereof. With .this con-f struction, there is "no .discharge of 'the .iluid through the sides =of ithefbody of bristles y119., even the passage, the valvehavi-ng an operating mem' ber *exposedv lat theside of the stem, a brush at the end of the vstern adjacent Athe outlet, fthe .brush including a handle having a passage'- through it, a body -of bristles secured to one end of -the handle, .and holt-low distributing meansattached to said end ofthe handle Within the bodyr of bristles with its interior in communication with the handle passage, adiustable means rig-idly attachedv to the stem for securing the brush handle to the stem to extend' 'at a selected angle thereto, and a exible hose connection between 'the out-y let of the stem passage and the'handzl-'e passage.

2. An implement for applying liquid coating materials supplied theretounder pressurewhich' comprises an elongated stem havingv a passage' extending lengthwise through it the passage h-av ing an inlet and -an- :outlet through the side vvalfl of the stem and spaced along the stem, a valve mounted in the passage near the inlet and having an operating member exposed at the outside of the stem, a brush at the end of the stem adjacent the outlet, the brush including a handle having a passage extending from end to end thereof, a body of bristles secured to one end of the handle, and hollow distributing means attached to said end of the handle within the body of bristles with its interior in communication with the handle passage at one end thereof, means for securing the brush handle to the stem to extend at an angle thereto, and a connection between the other end of the handle passage and the stem passage outlet.

3. An implement for applying liquid coating materials supplied thereto under pressure, which comprises an elongated stem having a passage extending lengthwise through it, the passage having an inlet and an outlet through the side Wall of the stem and spaced along the stem, a coupling member in the outlet, a valve mounted in the passage near the inlet and having an operating member exposed at the outside of the stem, a brush at the end of the stem adjacent the outlet, the rbrush including a handle having a passage through it leading through one end of the handle, a body of :bristles secured to the handle at said end, and a hollow distributing means attached to the handle at said end within the body of bristles with its interior in communication with the handle passage, means for securing the brush handle to the stem to extend at an angle to the stem, and a flexible hose connection between the coupling member and the handle passage.

4. An implement for applying liquid coating materials supplied thereto under pressure, which comprises a rigid elongated stem having a passage extending lengthwise thereof, a valve operable to control flow through the passage, a

brush at the other end vof the stem, the brush' including a base having apassage through it, a body ofbristles secured to thebase, and hollow distributing means attached to the base and lying within the body of bristles, said distributing means being `in communication-with one end of the passage through the base, a mounting for the brush attached rigidly to the stem at the end remote from'the valve, the mounting being adjustable to hold the brush in selected angular positions relative to the stem, and a flexible hose connection between the other end of said passage through the base and the adjacent endof the passage lengthwise ofthe stem.

V5. An implement for applying liquid coating materials supplied thereto under pressure, which comprises a rigid elongated stern having a passage extending lengthwise thereof, a valve mounted on the stem near one end thereof and operable to control flow'through the passage, a brush at the other end of the stem, the brushincluding a base having a passage through it, a body of bristles secured to the base, and hollow distributing means attached to the base and 1ying within the body of bristles, said distributing means being in communication with one end of the passage throughthe base, means rigidly attached to the stem attheend remote from the valve and engaging part of the brush base for securing the brush in selected angular positions relative to the stem, and a flexible hose connection between the other end of said passage through the base and the adjacent end of the passage lengthwise of the stem.

.6. An implement forapplying liquid coating? materials suppliedthereto under pressure, which comprises a rigid elongated stem having a passage extending lengthwise thereof, a valve mounted on the stem near one end thereof and operable to control flow through the passage, a brush at the other end of 'the stem, the brush including a .base having a passage throughit, the base having an extension from one side there-v of, a body` of bristles secured to the opposite side thereof, and hollow distributing means attached to the base and lying within the body of. bristles, said distributing means being incommunication with one end -of the vpassage through the base,' a mounting for the brush attached rigidly to the stem at the end'remote from the valve, the mounting .being attachedto the ex; tension on the base and being adjustable to holdv the brush in selected'angular positions relative to the stem, and a flexible hose connection bevi tween the other Vend ofsaid passage through the base and the adjacent `end of the passage lengthwise of the stem. j

v. ROBERT S. EISNER.

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